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Square circles (the taxicab geometry)

Karl Menger

pp. 217-219

Abstract

Square circles or round squares have haunted many and diverse philosophical writers as the archetype of the impossible and the absurd; they were assigned a place near — or rather below — golden mountains, unicorns and mermaids. They have been discussed by Thomists, existentialists and linguistic philosophers as well as by Herbart, Bergson, Russell and many, many others.

Publication details

Published in:

Menger Karl (1979) Selected papers in logic and foundations, didactics, economics. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 217-219

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-9347-1_21

Full citation:

Menger Karl (1979) Square circles (the taxicab geometry), In: Selected papers in logic and foundations, didactics, economics, Dordrecht, Springer, 217–219.